This gravelly voiced Vancouver rocker is equally at home playing rock anthems (“Cuts Like A Knife”) or power ballads (“Heaven”), and was one of the songwriters behind the famine relief single “Tears Are Not Enough.” He’s still recording hit albums, and also forging a successful career as a photographer.

Plucked from obscurity at a football game, the buxom Vancouver native went on to be a Tool Time Girl, Playboy cover model and Baywatch superstar. But with her subsequent acting roles, tongue-in-cheek novel, Star, and work as a spokesperson for PETA, this savvy blonde proved she was anything but dumb.
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An on-air personality at Winnipeg’s Power 97 radio station and a regular host of amateur talent searches and Budweiser Messy Wrestling Nights at the Henderson Draft House, his loyal fans think he’s the greatest.

After starting his career with the Chicago Blackhawks and winning a Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars, this fiery player now tends goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs. His ability to cover the net has clinched his position as one of the most consistent goalies in the NHL.

This comic first attracted attention as Fire Marshall Bill on In Living Colour, then perfected his rubber-faced style in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Dumb and Dumber (1994). After winning two Golden Globe Awards for The Truman Show (1998) and Man in the Moon (1999), he settled into his most natural role yet: bankable Hollywood superstar.

With costumes from his "Tickle Trunk" and the help of puppets Casey and Finnegan, he inspired generations of kids to use their imaginations. A fixture on T.V. for over three decades, he was an active off-screen spokesperson for Canadian Save the Children, and was admitted to the Order of Canada in 1996.
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During a 40-year political career, he held every major portfolio in Cabinet and was instrumental in defeating the “Yes” vote in two Quebec separatist referendums. In his three terms as prime minister, he was never afraid to take a stand, notably refusing to send Canadian troops into the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
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After founding Women in Transition, one of the first battered women shelters in Canada, she became the first black person ever appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1984. She remains an outspoken defender of family values and rights, advocating for fathers’ rights and fair treatment for men and women in the aftermath of divorce.

In 2001, she became the first woman ever to be appointed Auditor General of Canada. When she took aim at the federal government’s gun registry, privacy commissioner and sponsorship contracts in a series of scandal-inducing reports, she earned a reputation as being both tough and fair.

The teenaged “punk princess” who topped the Canadian charts with her irresistibly hooky first single (“Complicated”) hails from Napanee. Her tomboyish fashion sense and poppy empowerment songs (“Sk8er Boi” and “Don’t Tell Me”) made her an instant role model for throngs of teenage girls.

As a member of the Juno-winning rock trio Rush, his impressive keyboard riffs and complex bass guitar licks made him the envy of aspiring musicians everywhere. His distinctive vocals landed “Tom Sawyer,” “Limelight” and “Closer to the Heart” on the charts and eventually earned him a place in the Order of Canada.

Displaying an early love of learning, she went on to become an established author, lecturer, filmmaker and the best-known member of the Bahai community. After marrying Guardian Shoghi Effendi Rabbani in 1937, she spent her life working to promote the Bahai message of peace and tolerance.

The master of the one-minute rant, this gifted writer and actor sharpened his comic teeth on Made in Canada and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. When he took to the streets in Talking to Americans, the self-professed news junkie moved from the sidelines to center stage as Canada’s most biting political satirist.
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When he gave up his family practice and began performing illegal abortions in 1969, he embarked on what would be a lifelong crusade. Clinic raids, arrests and 10 months in jail followed. When the Supreme Court declared Canada’s abortion laws “unconstitutional” in 1988, his dream of ensuring women could access safe and secure abortion services became a reality.

He honed his comic chops at Second City, then during his six seasons on Saturday Night Live. Topping the box office as a Scarborough headbanger in Wayne’s World (1992) and a shagadelic secret agent in three Austin Powers films, he proved himself one of Canada’s most gifted comics, and adoring fans love to watch him party on.